LEEDS CARES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Cluster Retail Manager
- Cluster Retail Manager Read
Job Titles:
- Company Secretary
- Company Secretary Read
After a successful thirty-year career in the Royal Navy, Andrew began working in the charity sector in 2005 where he held an Executive Director position at the ‘Friends of the Lake District' landscape charity. Andrew then spent 8 years at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust as a Revalidation Project Manager and then interim Company Secretary before joining Leeds Hospitals Charity.
Job Titles:
- Capital Appeal Board Member
Andy Clarke, former President and CEO of Asda, has over 25 years' experience driving performance improvement in multi brand international businesses. As a trusted public speaker and influential figure in British business, Andy has sector experience in food, fashion and general merchandise across property-intensive, multi-channel and online retailers. He has managed multi-site retail businesses from £1bn to £25bn in turnover, with net income of £150m to £1.1bn and employees from 18k to 180k.
Having served on the Prime Minister's (David Cameron) Business Advisory Group-, Andy now sits on the board of directors at four forward-thinking and ambitious companies where he is on hand to share his considerable knowledge and expertise.
Job Titles:
- Author
- Communications & Content Manager
- Communications & Content Manager Read
After first joined the charity as a volunteer in 2011 - designing event posters and providing support to the fundraising team - Andy is one of our longest serving members of the team.
With a degree in graphic design Andy built his experience at Step Change Debt Charity.
In addition to his role in the Communications Team, Andy is a keen runner and can regularly be found taking part in at least one of our annual challenge events - including the Athens Marathon!
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chief Executive
- Capital Appeal Board Member
Angus Kinnear is Chief Executive of Leeds United, Chairman of British Weightlifting and a trustee of the Leeds United Foundation.
Job Titles:
- Head of Governance, Compliance & Risk
- Head of Governance, Compliance & Risk Read
Catherine is a governance professional with over ten years' experience in the field within the public and charity sectors, building on her background in strategic planning, project management and process improvement.
Catherine is committed to ensuring that the Charity is legally, ethically and sustainably governed, accountable to its stakeholders, and positively impacts the lives of its beneficiaries. Passionate about fairness and people, Catherine is also the Charity's Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Champion.
Job Titles:
- Grants Relationship Manager
- Grants Relationship Manager Read
Job Titles:
- Capital Appeal Board Member
Job Titles:
- Capital Appeal Board Member
Christine Talbot is a multi-award winning TV presenter and journalist, best known as the presenter of the ITV Yorkshire regional news programme Calendar for twenty years, and, before that, as host of the magazine programme Tonight.
She has covered most of region's main news stories in this time and interviewed those in the news from Prime Ministers and celebrities to ordinary people with extraordinary tales to tell. She is also an Ambassador and Patron of nine local charities and is a regular awards and event host.
Christine has covered many stories with families whose children are in need of exactly the kind of care a Children's Hospital will provide and is looking forward to being part of the process of bringing this brilliant project to full operation in a part of the world she is passionate about.
Job Titles:
- Capital Appeal Board Member
After the sudden death of one of her four children in 1992 she became involved with Disabilities Trust who named one of their residences "Daniel Yorath House" after her late son and in 1993 she joined the board of Trustees and witnessed its huge national growth before retiring from the board in 2020 when she was awarded the position of Patron of DYH. Christine also has an interest in two other charities - Breast Cancer Haven, for whom she was on the capital fund raising committee, and the Cardiomyopathy Association, within which the Daniel Yorath Appeal has raised over £250k for the organisation and both of which give her an insight into how other charities work.
Christine hopes that her straightforward common-sense and practicality have a value to the Capital Appeal Board.
A qualified solicitor, Chris is the Senior Partner at Schofield Sweeney. Chris joined the Board in 2017 and is the Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee.
Job Titles:
- Corporate Partnerships Manager / Councillor Caroline Gruen / Trustee
- Corporate Partnerships Manager Read
Job Titles:
- Corporate Partnerships Manager / Councillor Caroline Gruen / Trustee
- Councillor
Job Titles:
- Trustee
- Chairman at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Trustee Read
As the current Chair at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Dame Linda is the Link Trustee for the Charity. Dame Linda has been a Trustee since 2013 and is the Chair of the Business Committee.
David previously served as Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director - Operations at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon by training and has served as Honorary Treasurer for the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland and was President of the Venous Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Life Sciences Investment Director Cassie joined the Board bringing a strong research background and has hands-on experience of clinical research. Cassie is also strongly committed to diversity and has worked actively to increase the number of women in board and leadership positions.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Capital Appeal Board Member
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Capital Appeal Board Member Read
As the elected Chair of the Board of Trustees Edward is responsible for chairing regular meetings of the Board. He is a well-known local businessman and has been a Trustee since 2014. Edward is also the Chair of the Income Generation Committee and a member of the Capital Appeal Board.
Job Titles:
- Trustee, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, Board Lead for Safeguarding
- Trustee, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, Board Lead for Safeguarding Read
Yvette joined the Board in 2020 and has also been appointed as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees. Yvette previously served as the Chief Medical Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and has a strong medical background.
Job Titles:
- Capital Appeals Director
- Capital Appeals Director Read
Eric has had several careers - soldier, businessman, charity worker, sportsman and author.
He has worked in the Voluntary Sector for 35 years and has at various times been Director of national appeals at Marie Curie, Director of Fundraising and Director of International Development at Sue Ryder Care, and Interim Director of Income Generation at Crohn's and Colitis UK.
His current role is to lead the campaign to deliver £30 million for the new Children's Hospital.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive
- Chief Executive Read
Esther joined the charity in 2020 bringing a wide range of experience from 15 years of working in the charity sector, including 10 years in the hospice sector where she was successful in implementing new income streams and introducing a range of regular giving programs.
Esther is leading the charity's vision of working in partnership across the city of Leeds to tackle health inequalities, support Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to continue to lead the way with health innovation technology and support the hospitals in caring for patients with rare diseases.
Esther is passionate about enabling the support, donations and Gifts in Wills received by the charity to have an immediate impact across the hospitals, beyond what the NHS can fund, to improve the patient experience.
She is inspired every day by the dedicated staff in the hospital and in the charity who are committed to doing their best for patients and their families.
Job Titles:
- Director of Finance & Corporate Services
- Director of Finance & Corporate Services Read
Eve started her career with accounting firm Deloitte before moving on to KPMG and then JWPCreers LLP in York, to continue her career in practice and specialising in supporting the not-for-profit sector.
More recently, Eve has spent four years as finance director at York Minster, overseeing the financial strategy and statutory reporting for all elements of the operation of this exempt charity, including the trading subsidiary and separately registered charity.
Job Titles:
- Special Projects Fundraising Manager
- Special Projects Fundraising Manager Read
Job Titles:
- Capital Appeal Board Member
- Founder and Managing Partner at Endless LLP
Garry Wilson is the Founder and Managing Partner at Endless LLP which is headquartered in Leeds and invests funds into UK SMEs and Mid-Market Companies. Its investors have invested over £1.1billion via Endless and include 6 of the Top 10 Universities globally, some of the world's largest Charitable and Research Foundations and Family Offices of leading global entrepreneurs. Their support has been secured through emphasising not only financial returns but also job creation and market leading ESG standards. Endless specialises in buying business which are having a tough time with our motto being "Making Business Better For Everyone". Today Endless owns businesses with a combined revenue of £3billion employing over 24,000 people.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Trustee
- Associate Trustee Read
- Charity As an Associate Trustee
After fundraising for the Charity, Gemma joined the Charity as an Associate Trustee in 2020. Gemma's background is in marketing, and she is currently employed as a Head of Marketing at the DTP Group.
Job Titles:
- Events Manager
- Events & Community Fundraising Manager
- Events & Community Fundraising Manager Read
Giles has worked as an events manager at several businesses throughout Leeds. After both of his children were born at St James's Hospital, he was looking to give a donation as a thank you but saw a job opportunity at the charity and knew that giving his skills could make a much bigger difference.
Giles's main goal is to expand the reach of the charity by creating captivating events.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Trustee
- Associate Trustee Read
- Member of the National NHS Youth Forum
Haris's journey of championing children and young people's health started when he founded the youth board at Leeds Community Healthcare Trust. He is Founder and Chair of the National Network of Youth Forums which works with over 50 NHS Trusts across England. He was recently appointed as Youth Representative on the Leeds CCG.
Haris is also a member of the National NHS Youth Forum where he co-led on the forum's report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. He has led on work which looked at Medical Students' knowledge of health inequalities and is a member of the #iwill campaign's Health and Social Care Group.
Job Titles:
- Communications Manager
- Communications Manager Read
Ingrid brings 20 years of experience working across the communications and marketing sectors specialising in the healthcare sector.
Her passion for the NHS, particularly around improving patient outcomes mean Ingrid plays a vital role in successfully delivering the Leeds Hospitals Charity Capital Appeal combining her skills of project planning, maintaining key relationships and influencing complex multi-stakeholder audiences.
Job Titles:
- Major Gifts and Trusts Manager
- Major Gifts and Trusts Manager Read
Job Titles:
- Trustee, Capital Appeal Board Member
- Trustee, Capital Appeal Board Member Read
Former businessman and local sportsman Jas joined the Board in 2020. He has since worked as an ambassador, consultant and advisor and also the position of Deputy Lieutenant for West Yorkshire. Jas is also a member of the Capital Appeal Board.
Jonathan joined the Board of Trustees in 2021. Jonathan has developed a wealth of financial expertise and has been a practising accountant for over 40 years.
He is currently Principal of his family firm Grants Chartered Accountants and is also Director of Tax Guidance Limited.
Job Titles:
- Trustee
- Senior Client Portfolio Manager for Abrdn
- Trustee Read
Lauren is a Senior Client Portfolio Manager for Abrdn and has over a decade of experience in managing investments on behalf of private clients, companies and charities.
She specialises in the charity sector and is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment having completed her Masters in Wealth Management in 2013.
Lauren joined the Board of Trustees in 2021 and sits on the Audit & Risk and Finance & Performance Committees.
Job Titles:
- Trustee
- Chairman and Founder of ThinkOTB
- Trustee Read
Mark is Chairman and founder of ThinkOTB a Queen's Award-winning innovation marketing organisation.
Genuinely passionate about the innovation business community, the quest to understand and deliver innovation and marketing has led Mark to study it, write books about it, teach people to understand it and to seek cognitive diversity by working globally.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Capital Appeal Board
- Vice - Chair and Co - Founder of OneMedical Group
Michael is the Vice-Chair and Co-Founder of OneMedical Group and Chairman of Seneca Partners Limited.
Michael worked for Arthur Andersen for nearly 30 years before retiring in 2001 as UK Regional and Senior Managing partner. He developed a number of businesses in healthcare and property, and in 2009 made the decision to reorganise those interests to focus on growing OneMedical Group.
From 2000 - 2006 Michael was a government appointed member of the then Department of Trade and Industry's Industrial Development Board (IDAB). Michael is a current member of the Court of the University of Leeds and was a founding member of the Campaign Board which successfully raised over £100m for research and teaching facilities at the University. From 1998 - 2010 he was the Chairman of Opera North. Latterly from 2013 to 2019 he was the Chairman of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras (English Baroque Soloists and the ORR). He has also chaired a number of other arts organisations. Michael was appointed in 2000 a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of West Yorkshire.
"All of us at Leeds Hospitals Charity are delighted at the news that over 10,000 people have now signed up take part in the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon next May."
The Leeds Marathon is back after 20 years and is being renamed the ‘Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon' in honour of rugby league legend and MND campaigner Rob Burrow MBE
"All of us at Leeds Hospitals Charity are delighted at the news that over 10,000 people have now signed up take part in the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon next May."